How To Install libsocketcan-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install libsocketcan-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libsocketcan-doc is library to control some basic functions in SocketCAN from userspace

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocketcan-doc on Debian 12.

What is libsocketcan-doc

libsocketcan-doc is:

This package provides documentation for libsocketcan.

There are three methods to install libsocketcan-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libsocketcan-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsocketcan-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsocketcan-doc

Install libsocketcan-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsocketcan-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsocketcan-doc

Install libsocketcan-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libsocketcan-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsocketcan-doc

How To Uninstall libsocketcan-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libsocketcan-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsocketcan-doc

Uninstall libsocketcan-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsocketcan-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsocketcan-doc

Remove libsocketcan-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libsocketcan-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsocketcan-doc

Remove libsocketcan-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsocketcan-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsocketcan-doc

Dependencies

libsocketcan-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocketcan-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.